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Stuart Cramer

Stuart Cramer

(Cleveland, Ohio: 16th July 1911 - 15th April 2003)

Learned at age 8 from uncle Herbert Cope, a Chautauqua lecturer and amateur magician. Aka "Mr. Meriweather". Advertiser and lawyer. Part-time pro stage, close-up, and pseudo-Chinese mental magician as "Chan Wing" 1948-65. On TV as "Chan Wing" 1950, "Prof. Nemo" 1953-54, and "Mr. Meriweather" 1959-61. Full-time trade-show magician 1970-85. Pet effects: Cups-&-Balls, Linking Rings, and Miser's Dream.

Wrote The Secrets of Karl Germain (1962, 76pp) and Germain the Wizard and his Legerdemain (1966, 156pp), which effectively preserved the art of Germain in much the same way as Ottokar Fischer did for Hofzinser. Articles in Sphinx, Jinx, Linking Ring, Hugard's Magic Monthly, New Tops, New Phoenix, Magicol, MUM.

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The Secrets of Karl Germain by Stuart Cramer

Karl Germain was a dynamic stage performer whose baffling feats of wizardry have come to life again in this must-have ebook.

Several of Germain's stage, club and close-up mysteries are revealed in this well-illustrated text, allowing them to be appreciated by a new generation of magicians.

Cramer explains many of Germain's feats, including Casadega Propaganda (a small Spirit Cabinet), several large Spirit Cabinets for stage performances, various types of Spirit Slate-Writing, a Spirit Seance In a Lighted Room, the Germain Handkerchief Color Change (the finest ever invented), Miss Confetti...